This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2021
Hobby folklore maintains that Topps had intended to include some of the game's biggest names in the high-number packs that hit the shelves late in the 1952 season, but due to sales being slower than expected, the decision was made to hold them over to the front end of the 1953 issue. Thus we find the immortal Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson as card number 1 of Topps' sophomore effort. The first card of any issue is well-known to have been subjected to a vast number of condition obstacles, not the least of which is rubber banding, but the offered example has survived in respectable EX/MT 6 condition as determined by PSA. The colors remain fresh and vibrant and a light factory rough cut adorns the left edge, while the fragile full-bleed black namebox show extremely minimal evidence of wear. A solid example worthy of inclusion in any upper mid-grade assemblage.